Clothes-washer



(ModeL) W. WATLINGTON, Jr.

CLOTHES WASHER.

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-P ented AugLBO, 1881.

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7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WATLINGTON, JR., OF STONY POINT, INDIANA.

CLOTH ES-WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,579, dated August 30, 1881.

7 Application filed J one 2, 1881.

.T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM WATLINGTON, Jr., of Stony Point, in the county of Jefierson and State of Indiana, have invented. a new and Improved Clothes-Washer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The objectof this invention is to save time and labor in washing clothes. The means by which I accomplish this object will first be described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional front elevation of the washer on line at at, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is across-sectional elevation of a portion of the device, showing the adjustment of the hinged slats in the upper rubber or wash-board.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the washing tub ortrough supported on suitable legs, A A.

Centrally from the oppositesides of the tub A rise the two standards B B. in which is journaled the transverse shaft B, that is held immovably in place by the set-screws a a.

Suspended by its end arms, 0 C, from the shaft B is the lower segmental swinging rubber or wash-board 0, having solid ends I) b, in and between which are pivoted the parallel bars or rolls 0 0, so that they can rotate, when rubbing on the clothes, when the machine is in operation. This wash-board U conforms in shape with the interior of the tub A, and hence preserves its relative position from the bottom thereof during the operation of the machine. The outer parallel cross-bars, c c, of the washboard 0 hold the ends I) I) together.

Suspended from the same center (the shaft B) by its end arms, D D, is the upper and smaller segmental swinging wash-board orrubher D, whose solid ends (1 cl are held together by fixed parallel slats or bars f f, preferably having rounded under edges. In the bottom of this wash-board D is an opening, 9, which is closed by a door, E, composed of cross-bars h h and end pieces, h h, and hinged or pivoted on the wash-board ends at d, as shown, so that said door E can be opened or closed at will, and said door E is held in either a closed or partly-open position by means of cams k,

(ModeL) that are pivoted on the wash-board ends 01 (I, and are connected so as to move together by a rod, The arms D D of the rubber D are slotted, as shown at l, about the shaft B, to permit the elevation of said rubber D for the introduction of clothes between it and the lower rubber, G. The upper parts of the arms D D are also slotted, as shown at in, and are connected with the arms 0 G of the rubber O by means of links F F, that are pivoted on horizontal pins 0, projecting inward from the tops of the standards B B. Studs 19 p, projecting inward from the upper ends of the links F F, enter the slots in m of the arms D D, and studs q q, projecting outward from the lower ends of the links F F, enter the slots 1' r in the upper ends of the arms G 0, thereby connecting the parts 0 D, so that they may be simultaneously rocked or reciprocated in opposite directions.

The mechanism forgiving motion to the rubbers O D consists of a triangular frame, G, pivoted on the shaft B, as shown at s, on a higher cross-bar, H, extending between the arms D D", as shown at t, and rigidly secured to the tops of the arms D D, as shown at o. By taking hold of the handles I I of theframe G and moving the latter up and down, the operator gives the suitable rocking motion to the rubbers O D.

Water or soapsuds are put in the tub A, and the clothes to be washed are introduced between the rubbers O D by raising the latter;

then when the rubbers C D are in motion the clothes are rolled back and forth between them, and are thereby quickly cleaned. Should any part of a garment require more washing than is necessary for cleaning the other parts of it, such partssuch as shirt-collars, wristbands, &c.are passed between the slats h of the rubber D, whose door E is opened for this purpose, then closed more or less, and held to the garments by cams k.

This washer can readily be moved from one place to another by taking hold of its handles to w, and its liquid contents can be drawn off by removing the plug :10.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a clothes-washer, the combination,with

the swinging adjustable wash-board D, prothe triangular frame-handle G, slotted arms vided with opening 9 and door E, of the cams G 1), links F, and pivots and studs 0 p q,sub- 10 and rod 7c 70, substantially as hereinshown stantially as herein shown and described.

and described,whereby said door is held in po- WILLIAM Vv KTLINGTON JR 5 sition, as set forth.

2. In a clothes-Washer, the combination, with Witnesses:

the swinging Wash-boards G I), swinging one JESSE WAGNER, within the. other, and the common shaft B, of 7 DAVID W. REID. 

